Grenzpunkt
Borderpoint
These stones are to be found at various points all over the countryside. They are the new electronic type of property boundary marking points set by the Bavarian State Surveyors office.
As is the case here, these stones do tend to get ploughed up from time to time. Most parishes have a "Sworn In" person, who is responsible for putting them back in place. It's an extraordinarily important office, I think generally almost honorary & unpaid but for expenses, probably the oldest civil service job that exists today. The person has to moderate in cases of disagreement about property boundaries. They are called "Feldgeschworene" or "Field Jury Person"
From Wiki translated from German:
Field juries are involved in marking property boundaries and parcels of land in Bavaria, Rhineland-Palatinate and, until the end of 2014, in Thuringia. They raise or lower border markings, replace damaged landmarks. As guardians of the markings , mediators in border disputes and demarcations in municipal areas, they work closely with surveyors.
Field juries have existed since the 12th or 13th century. The office of field jury is one of the oldest surviving offices of local self-government. In Bavaria alone there are around 27,000 field jurors,
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